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manual: IM 36K10R20-01EN
title: Setup File Editor
edition: 4th Edition, Feb. 2026 (first written from the 3rd Edition, Sep. 2023)
version: R1.05 (first written for R1.03)
status: from docs; launcher, file location and metadata keywords checked read-only on the R1.03 test system (2026-09-30) and on the R1.05 test server (2026-10-08); editor GUI checked on R1.03 only (R1.05 awaiting user verification, ISS-113)
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# Setup File Editor (R1.05)

What setup files are, how the Setup File Editor shows and changes them, and the comment
keywords (metadata) inside a setup file that the editor reads to build its forms. Section
numbers refer to the manual.

**R1.03 to R1.05 (full text diff, 2026-10-08):** there is no R1.04 edition; the 4th Edition
(R1.05) only adds contact information (one punctuation change). Section numbering
unchanged. Installed software: the launcher `fsuedit.cmd` starts the same Java class and
only adds `tls\exe\lib\*` to the class path; the installed setup files use exactly the same
set of metadata keywords and the same seven argument kinds as in R1.03.

## 1. Setup files (§1)

- CI Server reads its setup files (`*.sup`) **at startup**. Installed files hold the default
  values; change a value, then **restart CI Server** for it to take effect.
- Location: `%TLS_ROOT_PATH%\tls\sup` (about 200 files on the R1.03 test system and on the
  R1.05 test server). Plain text.
- Lines starting with `!` are comments/metadata; the other lines are the active settings,
  normally `KEYWORD = value[, value…]`.
- The editor does not handle non-ASCII text (it is shown garbled), so labels cannot be
  localised.

## 2. Using the editor (§2)

- Start: Start menu *CI Server → Setup File Editor* (on the R1.03 and R1.05 test systems
  this runs `%TLS_ROOT_PATH%\tls\com\fsuedit.cmd`, a Java program).
- Main window: tabs *Setup Files* and *Templates* (the latter not in the manual, ISS-016);
  the list shows file name, description and status: *Default* when the active values equal
  the file's `!DEFAULT` block, *Changed* when any differs (ISS-016).
- Double-click a file (or *File → Edit Setup File*) to open its form: one tab per group of
  entries, with *OK*, *Cancel* and *Help* (help text of the entries). A field whose value
  differs from its default has a **blue** label. The manual says *OK* keeps changes in
  memory until *Exit*; in R1.03 **OK writes the file at once** (ISS-016). R1.03 also
  shows *Undo Field* and *Reset Field*. *Reset Field* is enabled when the cursor is in a
  changed field and sets it back to its `!DEFAULT` value; *OK* then saves.
- A keyword that may repeat (`!TIMES = INF`, e.g. `PROXY_ENTRY` in `jwuiisg.sup`) is shown
  as a frame (its `!LABEL`) with one input per argument and an *Add* button, a table with
  one row per active line and one column per argument, and icon buttons beside the table
  (apparently delete, update selected row, move up, move down; not in the manual, seen in
  R1.03).
- *File* menu: *Edit Setup File*; *Open File* (opens the raw file in Notepad); *Print…*
  (preview, then print); *Refresh* (re-read the list, e.g. after changing metadata);
  *Exit* (per the manual, asks whether to save unsaved changes).
- *Edit* menu: *Reset to Default* (only for files that define defaults); *Edit Description*
  (not usable); *Toggle Read Only* (locks a file against editing in the editor; toggle again
  to unlock).
- *Help* menu: editor help. Most commands are also on the right-click menu of the list.
- Unavailable commands are greyed out for a given file.

## 3. Metadata keywords (§3)

The editor builds its forms from comment lines in the setup file. All start with `!`.

**File level (§3.1)**

| Keyword | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `!DESCRIPTION = <text>` | Description in the file list (first one wins; missing → "(Unknown)") |
| `!INFO` … `!ENDINFO` | Text for an *Information* tab |
| `!TAB = <label>` | Starts a tab; following keywords go on it. Keywords before the first tab (or all, if there are no tabs) go on a *General* tab. The manual says keywords before the first tab are ignored, but the R1.03 editor shows them on *General* (ISS-015). |
| `!DEFAULT = YES/NO` … `!ENDDEFAULT` | Default settings (each line prefixed with `!`); enables *Reset to Default* |

**Keyword level (§3.2)** — between `!KEYWORD : <syntax>` and `!ENDKEYWORD`:

| Keyword | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `!LABEL = <text>` | Frame caption around the arguments; advised with several arguments, repeats or a text argument |
| `!KEYHELP` … `!ENDKEYHELP` | Help text of the keyword |
| `!TIMES = <n>/INF` with optional `!MUST = a|b` | How often the setting may appear (default once; 0 or INF = unlimited); values that must be present |
| `!ARGREPEAT` | The argument list may repeat |
| `!NUMTIMES = <from>,<to>` | Settings named `NAME_<n>` sharing one definition |

Only one of `TIMES`/`MUST`, `ARGREPEAT` and `NUMTIMES` per keyword.

**Argument level (§3.3)** — `!ARG<n> = <label>` … `!ENDARG<n>` with `!KIND` (required),
`!OPTIONS` and `!HELP` … `!ENDHELP`.

**Argument kinds (§3.4)**

| KIND | Label | OPTIONS |
|---|---|---|
| `number` | "label, unit" | `pos`, `point` (decimals), `must`, `min = n`, `max = n`, `hex` (positive hex; only `must` still applies) |
| `coord` | "label, x label, y label" | as `number` |
| `string` | label | default: no spaces/commas, written in double quotes. `noquot`, `onequot`, `must`, `ucase`, `lcase`, `cstring` (newline → `\n`), `space`, `comma`, `nonum`, `format <letters>` |
| `switch` | text after the check box | `on|off` values (default `YES|NO`); `alone` = keyword present or absent, no value |
| `list` | label | comma-separated choices; `*` before the first = required |
| `text` | label | must be the last argument; the end word follows `...` in the syntax (e.g. `... endheader`). `quot`, `must`, `cstring` |
| `timedate` | "date label, time label" | none; only for `CHANGE` in `time_table.sup` |

A full template and examples are in §3.4 and Appendix 1 (`odbsrv.sup`).

## Test-system notes

- Setup files can be read without the editor: lines not starting with `!` are the active
  settings; `!KEYWORD`/`!HELP` blocks explain them (task
  `.claude/skills/portal-setup/tasks/read-setup-file.md`).
- `wfla_display.sup` puts its main keywords before its only `!TAB = Debug` line; the editor
  shows them on a *General* tab, with values exactly as in the file (checked in the GUI,
  ISS-015).
- The R1.03 editor also has a *Templates* tab, a *Status* column (e.g. "Default"),
  *Undo Field* / *Reset Field* buttons and a status bar, none of them in the manual
  (ISS-016).
- Some installed files have no `!DESCRIPTION` (e.g. `adtini.sup`, `almini.sup`,
  `durini.sup`, `itmini.sup`); they show as "(Unknown)" in the list. Same on R1.05.

## R1.05 notes (2026-10-08, read-only)

- Launcher and Start-menu entry *CI Server › Setup File Editor* present; class path change
  only (see above). The GUI was not opened (no GUI access to the R1.05 test server): the
  R1.03 findings (*OK* writes at once, *Templates* tab, *Status* column, *Reset Field*)
  are awaiting user verification (ISS-113).
- Metadata quirks in the R1.05 `jwuiisg.sup` (ISS-112): two new keyword blocks
  (`SERVER_FILE_CACHE`, `RECONNECT_TIMEOUT_OVERRIDE`) end with `!ENDKEYWORD!`; the
  `!DEFAULT` block writes `SERVER_FILE_CACHE=0` without spaces; `RECONNECT_TIMEOUT_OVERRIDE`
  has neither an active line nor a default line; `!KIND` is written in capitals
  (`NUMBER`, `SWITCH`), as in older blocks of the same file. How the editor shows these is
  not yet checked.
- Templates (`tls\tpl`, the editor's *Templates* tab) use the same metadata, e.g. the new
  `eqtfrcscn.tpl` has `!DESCRIPTION` and two `!TAB` lines.